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Arts & Culture, August 2022 Bonus Issue, Film, Latest

Uganda’s Abayudaya Jews Dream of Aliyah

  • September 14, 2022
  • By author-avatar Dina Gold
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A community of observant Orthodox Jews in Uganda, with no genetic link to Israel, wants to make Aliyah.

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Greener Pastures movie scene
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Pot-Peddling Pensioners

  • June 17, 2022
  • By author-avatar Dina Gold
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In Israeli film Greener Pastures, retiree Dov gets a new lease on life when he begins selling surplus medical marijuana from his fellow nursing home residents on the black market.

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The outside of Thomas Jefferson's Monticello home
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The Jews Who Saved Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello

  • June 21, 2022
  • By author-avatar Dina Gold
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“When I tell people that a Jewish family once owned Thomas Jefferson’s home at Monticello, their jaws drop,” says director Steven Pressman.

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Rediscovering Majorca’s Jewish Past

  • April 4, 2022
  • By author-avatar Dina Gold
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Xueta Island is both a riveting portrayal of Rotstein’s quest to unearth and document Majorca’s rich, and tragic, Jewish history and an inspirational glimpse into attempts to revive Jewish life on the island.

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The Raft: four teenagers posed on raft
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A Coming-of-Age Adventure at Sea

  • January 29, 2022
  • By author-avatar Dina Gold
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When three teenage Maccabi Haifa soccer fans hear that their team’s upcoming Champions League Playoffs game against Liverpool FC will be moved from Israel to Cyprus, they are distraught. Unable to afford the $550 to buy an airplane ticket, they are nonetheless determined to see the match. So, they need to come up with a plan—fast.

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Israel’s 2022 Oscar Submission: Let It be Morning

  • January 29, 2022
  • By author-avatar Dina Gold
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Based on the novel by Palestinian writer Sayed Kashua, Let It Be Morning is Israel’s official submission to next year’s 94th Academy Awards, in the “Best International Feature Film” category.

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In ‘Honeymood,’ Wedding Night Balagan

  • December 2, 2021
  • By author-avatar Dina Gold
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In Honeymood, director Talya Lavie makes piercing observations about fraught relationships, family tensions, marital doubts, lingering affections for past loves and the challenges of long-term partnerships. Thrown into the mix is a mysterious ring with a sensitive past best kept secret—which, of course, it would not remain. 

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Passage to Sweden Film Poster
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Scandinavian Morality During WWII

  • January 6, 2022
  • By author-avatar Dina Gold
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Passage to Sweden Released January 27, 2021 (USA) 58 minutes Directed by Suzannah Warlick Bubble Soup Productions Documentary, English Why do countries behave so differently toward their religious and ethnic minorities?...

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A Funeral Farce (Shiva Baby)

  • January 7, 2022
  • By author-avatar Dina Gold
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Shiva Baby Released April 2, 2021 (USA) 1 hour 17 minutes Directed by Emma Seligman Neon Heart Productions Comedy, English When Danielle’s overbearing mother presses her into attending a shiva, a...

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A Dog’s Eye View of the Holocaust

  • January 7, 2022
  • By author-avatar Dina Gold
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In her latest film review, Dina Gold discusses Shepherd: The Story of a Jewish Dog, which opened in movie theaters on May 28.

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Nazis Remember Their Pasts

  • March 24, 2022
  • By author-avatar Dina Gold
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Dina Gold reviews the new German language documentary Final Account with never before seen testimony from the last generation of WWII.

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Film Review: White Eye
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Israel’s Short Film Oscar Submission

  • January 7, 2022
  • By author-avatar Dina Gold
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In her latest review, Film Editor Dina Gold discusses White Eye, a new Israeli short film about racism and prejudice.

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